1st hydroponic grow help

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lowryder420

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i want to do a hydroponic grow for my first time ever growing, I have 2 germinated seeds now.

and one 50w CFL lamp 6000k for veg.
3000k for flwr.


is their small hydroponic units for only about 2 plants?

im doing this for a hobby.
ill be exremly happy to just get a half once.

so would anybody give me some advice and suggestions on how to make or buy a mini hydroponic set ???


thank you:joint:
 
ViRedd

ViRedd

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You can make your own.

Buy two brand new five gallon paint buckets with lids at Home Depot.

Go to WalMart and go to the aquarium section. Buy one, dual outlet air pump. Two six-inch air stones. A package of air lines.

Go to your local hydro store. Buy two, three-inch net pots. A small package of GrowRocks. A slab of one-inch RockWool. One quart of General Hydrophonics "Micro." One quart of General Hydophonics "Bloom." The "Micro" is brown in color and the "Bloom" is red. DON'T let the hydro guy talk you into anything else ... the two nutes are all your gonna need.

Drill a 2 7/8 hole in the center of each paint bucket lid.

Drill a small hole in the side of each bucket near the top.

Put one airstone into the bottom of each bucket.

Connect the air lines to the pump and run the line through the small hole you drilled near the top of the bucket.

Place the netpot into the hole in the lid.

Fill the bucket with nutrient solution until the level is just about 1/4 inch from the bottom of the net pot.

Put your rooted seedling or rooted cutting, which should be rooted in the one-inch RockWool, into the netpot and fill it with the GrowRocks. Cover the top of the RockWool too to avoid creation of algae.

Now, plug the pump in ... and you'll see that the airstones create bubbles that break on the surface of the solution keeping the bottoms of the netpots wet. That's all the moisture your plants will need. The roots will grow down into the solution and eventually fill the bucket.

Here's the solution mix;

Always use a 2 to 1 ratio.

For newly rooted seedlings and cuttings:

2.5ml "Micro" per gallon and 5ml "Bloom" per gallon

once they get going well, use:

5ml "Micro" per gallon and 10ml "Bloom" per gallon.

For flowering:

8ml "Micro" per gallon and 16ml "Bloom" per gallon. Use this ratio all the way through flowering.

As the solution is used up by the plants, or lost through evaporation, just top up with PLAIN water. Once you've replaced the original amount of the solution with plain water, dump the buckets and mix up a new nutrient solution using the ratios I've given you.

This is called the Deep Water Culture (DWC) method of hydro growing. If done right, with proper lighting and attention to your environment, you will get a great harvest for a little bit of money and effort.

That's it in a nutshell.

Vi
 
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lowryder420

Active Member
ViRedd said:
You can make your own.

Buy two brand new five gallon paint buckets with lids at Home Depot.

Go to WalMart and go to the aquarium section. Buy one, dual outlet air pump. Two six-inch air stones. A package of air lines.

Go to your local hydro store. Buy two, three-inch net pots. A small package of GrowRocks. A slab of one-inch RockWool. One quart of General Hydrophonics "Micro." One quart of General Hydophonics "Bloom." The "Micro" is brown in color and the "Bloom" is red. DON'T let the hydro guy talk you into anything else ... the two nutes are all your gonna need.

Drill a 2 7/8 hole in the center of each paint bucket lid.

Drill a small hole in the side of each bucket near the top.

Put one airstone into the bottom of each bucket.

Connect the air lines to the pump and run the line through the small hole you drilled near the top of the bucket.

Place the netpot into the hole in the lid.

Fill the bucket with nutrient solution until the level is just about 1/4 inch from the bottom of the net pot.

Put your rooted seedling or rooted cutting, which should be rooted in the one-inch RockWool, into the netpot and fill it with the GrowRocks. Cover the top of the RockWool too to avoid creation of algae.

Now, plug the pump in ... and you'll see that the airstones create bubbles that break on the surface of the solution keeping the bottoms of the netpots wet. That's all the moisture your plants will need. The roots will grow down into the solution and eventually fill the bucket.

Here's the solution mix;

Always use a 2 to 1 ratio.

For newly rooted seedlings and cuttings:

2.5ml "Micro" per gallon and 5ml "Bloom" per gallon

once they get going well, use:

5ml "Micro" per gallon and 10ml "Bloom" per gallon.

For flowering:

8ml "Micro" per gallon and 16ml "Bloom" per gallon. Use this ratio all the way through flowering.

As the solution is used up by the plants, or lost through evaporation, just top up with PLAIN water. Once you've replaced the original amount of the solution with plain water, dump the buckets and mix up a new nutrient solution using the ratios I've given you.

This is called the Deep Water Culture (DWC) method of hydro growing. If done right, with proper lighting and attention to your environment, you will get a great harvest for a little bit of money and effort.

That's it in a nutshell.

Vi
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well woahhhhh wait up a minute:-|

i just want about two plants maybe 1-1.5 feet tall.
so that its not complicated at ALLL.
just a very small hydro setup that i can buy offline maybe.

like a hydro setup that holds 2-3 plants.

im doig this for a hobby and dont want to spent any more than $80 dollars

thanks anyways :mrgreen:

do you know where i can get these things at??
 
exzile

exzile

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idk if that helped you, but that sure the fucked helped me! and i think this is the easieast hydro methiod with what supplies are used. i picked almost all of th supplies up at walmart except those darn net cups!
 
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lowryder420

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exzile said:
idk if that helped you, but that sure the fucked helped me! and i think this is the easieast hydro methiod with what supplies are used. i picked almost all of th supplies up at walmart except those darn net cups!
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well this would be idle for me:

2x envirolights 6000k and 2700k.

and a DWC hydroponic kit( something thats very small and easy)

and just a run-of-the-mill timer.

all i want is about two plants that are maybe 1-2 feet tall

is that possible? = )))

thanks



or something like this: SH Hydroponics > DWC Basic Kit
 
ViRedd

ViRedd

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What could be simpler and/or cheaper than two five-gallon paint buckets? I think they're around $3.00 apiece at Home Depot. ~lol~

Two paint buckets ... $ 3.00
Two Airstones ... 4.00
One dual outlet airpump. 12.00
One package of air lines 3.00
Two net pots 2.00
Pack of GrowRocks 10.00
Two quarts of nutes 30.00
One slab of RockWool 15.00
Ten gallons of purified water 10.00

$89.00 Total



New HydroFarm 250 watt HPS on Ebay $242. including shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hydrofarm-250-Watt-HPS-Grow-Light-System_W0QQitemZ190062643654QQihZ009QQcategoryZ42225QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem

Vi
 
Ali Haji Sheik

Ali Haji Sheik

Active Member
ViRedd said:
You can make your own.

Buy two brand new five gallon paint buckets with lids at Home Depot.

Go to WalMart and go to the aquarium section. Buy one, dual outlet air pump. Two six-inch air stones. A package of air lines.

Go to your local hydro store. Buy two, three-inch net pots. A small package of GrowRocks. A slab of one-inch RockWool. One quart of General Hydrophonics "Micro." One quart of General Hydophonics "Bloom." The "Micro" is brown in color and the "Bloom" is red. DON'T let the hydro guy talk you into anything else ... the two nutes are all your gonna need.

Drill a 2 7/8 hole in the center of each paint bucket lid.

Drill a small hole in the side of each bucket near the top.

Put one airstone into the bottom of each bucket.

Connect the air lines to the pump and run the line through the small hole you drilled near the top of the bucket.

Place the netpot into the hole in the lid.

Fill the bucket with nutrient solution until the level is just about 1/4 inch from the bottom of the net pot.

Put your rooted seedling or rooted cutting, which should be rooted in the one-inch RockWool, into the netpot and fill it with the GrowRocks. Cover the top of the RockWool too to avoid creation of algae.

Now, plug the pump in ... and you'll see that the airstones create bubbles that break on the surface of the solution keeping the bottoms of the netpots wet. That's all the moisture your plants will need. The roots will grow down into the solution and eventually fill the bucket.

Here's the solution mix;

Always use a 2 to 1 ratio.

For newly rooted seedlings and cuttings:

2.5ml "Micro" per gallon and 5ml "Bloom" per gallon

once they get going well, use:

5ml "Micro" per gallon and 10ml "Bloom" per gallon.

For flowering:

8ml "Micro" per gallon and 16ml "Bloom" per gallon. Use this ratio all the way through flowering.

As the solution is used up by the plants, or lost through evaporation, just top up with PLAIN water. Once you've replaced the original amount of the solution with plain water, dump the buckets and mix up a new nutrient solution using the ratios I've given you.

This is called the Deep Water Culture (DWC) method of hydro growing. If done right, with proper lighting and attention to your environment, you will get a great harvest for a little bit of money and effort.

That's it in a nutshell.

Vi
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I'm a complete noob, but I do have to nominate this as one of the most straightforward, helpful posts ever!

Even if the OP isn't sold, I do tip my turban to you sir! Thanks!
 
medicineman

medicineman

New Member
E-bay 400W HPS- 164.00


400 watt HPS+MH Hydroponic Grow Light 400w Sodium Lamp!


I'd go with at least the 400W HPS, In the lighting game bigger is better. You can get the dual spectrum replacement bulbs for about 20-25 bucks. Net pots are all over E-bay along with the hydroton rocks, 6 net pots and hydroton rocks about 10-15 bucks.
 
gardenman

gardenman

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Just search hydroponic on ebay and they have systems with everything you need and it's only 45 for shipping. I think you'll have to get the nutrients elsewhere though.
 
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TERRORTRON74

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Plz clear this up > when the seedlings grow and the plants sprout leaves dont use a mix of micro and grow, then for floering i should use a mix of micro and bloom, right ? I got the flora series 3pk of micro,grow,and bloom by general hydrophonics .
 
Oneton

Oneton

Well-Known Member
lowryder420 said:
well woahhhhh wait up a minute:-|

i just want about two plants maybe 1-1.5 feet tall.
so that its not complicated at ALLL.
just a very small hydro setup that i can buy offline maybe.

like a hydro setup that holds 2-3 plants.

im doig this for a hobby and dont want to spent any more than $80 dollars

thanks anyways :mrgreen:

do you know where i can get these things at??
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dude buy 4 buckets put holes in two fill with medium
half fill the other two with ph'd nutes
dip the first two in leave for 10 mins and lift out
ebb and flood as cheap as it gets
 
happyface

happyface

Well-Known Member
go with DWC if you just want 2 pplants.10 gallon rubbermaaid cut 2 holes in the top. and u kno the rest.water nutes air and water pump(cheap at wal mart).
 
klepto

klepto

Active Member
exzile said:
idk if that helped you, but that sure the fucked helped me! and i think this is the easieast hydro methiod with what supplies are used. i picked almost all of th supplies up at walmart except those darn net cups!
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guys... don't forget about things like pH and TDS.. you need stuff that can acurately measure pH. When I started DWC my plants didn't grow worth shit cause the pH kept fluctuating...use filtered water and you'll have less problems with this. But make sure you check the pH often to get a feel of how it shifts and an idea of when to adjust it, everyday.
 
BeaverHuntr

BeaverHuntr

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If you decide to go DWC or anythign hydro for that matter you will definitely need a PH and PPM meter either combo or separate.
 
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